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Vaginal progesterone pessaries for pregnant women with a previous preterm birth to prevent neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (the PROGRESS Study): A multicentre, randomised, placebo-controlled trial. [PDF]
PLoS Medicine, 2017 BackgroundNeonatal respiratory distress syndrome, as a consequence of preterm birth, is a major cause of early mortality and morbidity. The withdrawal of progesterone, either actual or functional, is thought to be an antecedent to the onset of labour ...
Caroline A Crowther +7 more
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VAGINAL PROGESTERONE PESSARY FOR PRETERM LABOR PREVENTION IN WOMEN WITH A SHORT CERVIX EARLY IN THE SECOND TRIMESTER [PDF]
The Iraqi Journal of Medical Sciences, 2018 Background: The prevention of preterm birth is a major health care priority. Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of vaginal progesterone pessary in reducing the rate of preterm delivery and subsequent neonatal morbidity and mortality events in ...
Enas Khazaali
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Development of progesterone electrospun nanofibers to coat Arabin pessaries as a dual preventive and therapeutic approach for preterm labor [PDF]
Saudi Pharmaceutical JournalPreterm labor is a growing health problem that causes newborn death, and safe and effective therapy is significantly needed. Arabin pessaries and progesterone are preventive and therapeutic approaches that can be applied to managing the short cervix ...
Manal M. Almousained +7 more
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Successful cervical cerclage in a dichorionic diamniotic twin pregnancy: A case report
Case Reports in Women's Health, 2021 A 26-year-old primigravid woman presented with a dichorionic diamniotic twin pregnancy after 7 years of infertility. No formal ultrasound was performed until a morphology check at 19 weeks and 4 days of gestation, at which time a shortened cervix was ...
Gajana Jeyaram, Amanda Henry
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Fertility & Reproduction, 2023 Background and Aims: Utilizing progesterone to support the luteal phase (LP) in in vitro fertilization is a well-established practice. Subcutaneous progesterone (SC-P) administration has shown pregnancy rates comparable to vaginal progesterone (Vag-P ...
Viet Quoc Dao, Sarah Martins Da Silva
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The Iraqi Journal of Medical Sciences, 2018 Background: The prevention of preterm birth is a major health care priority. Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of vaginal progesterone pessary in reducing the rate of preterm delivery and subsequent neonatal morbidity and mortality events in pregnant ...
Enas A.A. Khazaali
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Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology, 2021 Background Various luteal phase supports (LPSs) have been proven to increase the pregnancy rate in fresh cycles of in vitro fertilization or intracytoplasmic sperm injection; however, there is still significant debate regarding the optimal use of LPS ...
Hanglin Wu +4 more
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Vaginal pessaries and pre-term labor
Медицинский совет, 2020 Introduction. Spontaneous preterm labor remains a significant problem in obstetrics, despite years of research in this area. According to official Russian statistic agency, the rate of preterm labor in Russia from 1980 to 2018 ranges from 3.9% (1980 ...
A. V. Murashko, I. I. Kozharina
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Progesterone supplementation in women with otherwise unexplained recurrent miscarriages
Journal of Human Reproductive Sciences, 2012 Context: Recurrent miscarriages, the loss of three or more consecutive intrauterine pregnancies before 20 weeks of gestation with the same partner, affect 1%-1.5% of the pregnant population. The inadequate secretion of progesterone in early pregnancy has
Munawar Hussain +2 more
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2017 Background Preterm birth is in quantity and in severity the most important topic in obstetric care in the developed world. Progestogens and cervical pessaries have been studied as potential preventive treatments with conflicting results. So far, no study
Maud D. van Zijl +30 more
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